Poll: Escapist Game of the Year
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Not really.trunkage said:
You win at PUBG by being the last one alive. This incentivizes you to completely avoid people for the entire game, let everyone else fight it out, and swoop in to get the last kill (or preferably find the last piece of cover within the last field of battle, sit behind it and really hope the enemy walks by you so you can shoot them in the back).
You win at COD or Battlefield by having the most kills, which means that you have to actively engage in combat.
Basically if you're corner camping in cod or battlefield and enemies aren't coming to fight you it's the worst thing ever because there's no way for you to win without kills. If you're sitting in a building in PUBG and enemies aren't coming to fight you it's the best thing ever because the fewer fights you're in the greater the chance of you winning.
That's why PUBG's game design is shitty.
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It does. The map gets smaller over time, which does force you into combat, however it doesn't promote and incentivize said combat. You're incentivized not to engage, and most of your deaths will be by snipers you never saw, you very rarely actually fight face to face.Ezekiel said:
I'd say the breakdown of the game goes something like this:
40% sitting in empty buildings waiting to find out where the safe zone is.
50% running/driving to the safe zone (and really hoping a sniper you can't see doesn't blow your head off in one shot)
8% looking at enemies through your scope (but not engaging because you don't want them to shoot back, and your optics are probably too shitty to properly engage at range anyway)
2% actually shooting at people
The easiest way to win the game is to correctly predict where the safe zone is going to be and then sitting in a corner of a house in the safe zone for 15 minutes until the enemies are forced to come to you as the death wall closes in around the safe zone.
Another thing I forgot to mention is that the shittier you make the game look the easier it is to play. Reducing all the graphical options to their minimum removes most of the foliage in the game making it much easier to spot and shoot people who are hiding. So the optimal way to play this game is to make it look as shitty as possible (and it's not exactly a looker to begin with).
Go a little over 8 minutes in for the truest test of skill you've ever seen.
I'm gonna take a different approach and go with Star Wars Battlefront 2.
Hear me out here: while many, MANY games have been better this year I don't think any will have as far reaching consequences as BF2 which brought the issue of microtransactions right to the forefront. At the very least it's set them back significantly but it may even go beyond that; triggering intervention from governments around the world concerned about their impact. Maybe one country declares them gambling and begins regulating them accordingly. Then another, then another, potentially snowballing into a scenario that effectively forces that shit back out of paid games. The game itself and EA both deserve all the shit they're getting but the overall impact of this game on the industry as a whole may prove to be positive beyond what any other game this year achieves.
Also I'm too broke to buy new releases so I haven't played any of the top contenders other people are saying.
Hear me out here: while many, MANY games have been better this year I don't think any will have as far reaching consequences as BF2 which brought the issue of microtransactions right to the forefront. At the very least it's set them back significantly but it may even go beyond that; triggering intervention from governments around the world concerned about their impact. Maybe one country declares them gambling and begins regulating them accordingly. Then another, then another, potentially snowballing into a scenario that effectively forces that shit back out of paid games. The game itself and EA both deserve all the shit they're getting but the overall impact of this game on the industry as a whole may prove to be positive beyond what any other game this year achieves.
Also I'm too broke to buy new releases so I haven't played any of the top contenders other people are saying.
Ridiculous poll. None of the games on the list would end up in my top 10.
Why not include the good ones?
Why not include the good ones?
Wow. I've only played one game that was released this year.
I guess it's time for me to turn in my gamer card.
I guess it's time for me to turn in my gamer card.
Vote goes to Persona 5, great game.
Wait for the you're-not-a-gamer-if-you-don't-mod dude to show up.TheVampwizimp said:
I don't know. I haven't really played anything that was released this year except for Sonic Mania. I refuse to pay $80 (CAN) for a game. Also I'm unemployed.
On that list, Resident Evil 7 takes the cake. Horrah, Horray, finally at long last an actual horror game worthy of being called survival horror. What an atmosphere. What a game. Bravo, Resi 7 for successfully creeping me the fuck out.
Not on the list: Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood. Holy cow what an expansion. What a fantastic story, and it's not even over yet, there is still more to come. Omega Savage is amazing,it's challenging, it's fun. The new areas look amazing. Though I don't agree entirely with all the job changes, I think what they've done overall is great.
Not on the list: Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood. Holy cow what an expansion. What a fantastic story, and it's not even over yet, there is still more to come. Omega Savage is amazing,it's challenging, it's fun. The new areas look amazing. Though I don't agree entirely with all the job changes, I think what they've done overall is great.
It's been a fairly poor year for games and nothing on that list has come even close to exciting me. It's a shame red dead got pushed back but nevermind, there is a good chance i know what next years best game will be 
Full disclosure: I think the newest game I've played is Elite Dangerous. I didn't even know half these games existed. At first I thought it was because I'm a cheap ass who doesn't like paying full price for games, then I realized that it's really because no one is making games I want to play.
Except Divinity: Original Sin 2. I definitely want to play that.
Except Divinity: Original Sin 2. I definitely want to play that.
Despite having some flaws, I still think BotW was the best game this year. It's design will have an impact on many future games.
Even when I had a job and could afford it, I still wasn't going to pay $80 (CAN) for a game. Fuck that.Ezekiel said: